An army of cavalry was advancing south along the Barnaul River.

The black cape, the traditional Circassian robe, the Cossack high fur hat, and the black leather boots on the feet contrasted sharply with the green earth, as if they were two completely different color palettes.

Wherever the Cossack troops passed, the sky was covered with yellow dust, and it was seen from afar. Like a yellow dragon with teeth and claws, it rolled down and pounced straight to the south.

More than ten miles behind the Cossack cavalry, the Turghut cavalry, dressed in traditional Mongolian robes, wearing small round hats, bows and arrows and muskets stuffed in their horses, and carrying Mongolian scimitars at their waists, were moving slowly.

Saltkov made preliminary discussions with Vaubasi, and the Turk cavalry withdrew, and the Cossack cavalry and Tatar cavalry appeared around Barnaul, creating the illusion that the Turkut cavalry had been transferred elsewhere, which was still shaking the opponent.

Although the Tatar cavalry had some similarities with the Turghut cavalry, there was a big difference between the monotheistic former and the latter, which maintained Tantric beliefs.

More and more Russian-Turkish cavalry gathered in Barnaul, and the people shouted and neighed, and there was a boil.

Riding on a white horse, which was not very tall, but very spirited, he stood on the hill beside the path that had been run over by the horses' hooves, and with confidence and pride, he looked down on the troops that had driven in front of him, surrounded by his retinue and Shelen and Bamubar.

A horseman galloped up, handed a letter to one of Worbasil's retinue, then turned his horse's head and galloped away.

The attendant handed the letter to Worbasil.

"Oh, it's the marshal's order. The Han Chinese army had already discovered the movement of the Siberian army. Rumyantsev ordered that we could finish the first phase of the mission, and that Saltykov would lead the Cossack and Tatar cavalry in the next time to find an opportunity to attack the Chinese army outside Barnaul and put pressure on them. He had already sent the First Army to Barnaul.

As for us, we must act too. The counterattack is about to begin~"

The corners of Wu Baxi's mouth curled up with joy, and Shelen also raised his head and laughed heartily: "It's really a very good battle plan, isn't it?" I already longed to see the end of the First Army. When the time comes, Marshal Rumyantsev's face must be wonderful. ”

Although the top leaders of the Turks did not restrict the spread of anti-Han ideology at the bottom, their top leaders were required to be able to speak Chinese, and some said that this was because Wobasi was still dreaming of '*****." But in fact, this is just to enable them to better integrate into 'society' in the future.

Sheleng, who is now fluent in Chinese, was not a native of the Turghut tribe, but a descendant of Turghut Khan and his uncle Orqinke. When he and Orqinke moved west to the Volga River, Shelen's ancestors did not follow along. By the time of his arrival in Sheleng, he lived in Ili and became the Taiji of the Dzungar tribe. After the Zhun was destroyed by the Qing army, Sheleng resisted alone, he killed the Ili Dutong, and fled to the territory of Kursu Karata (now Wusu in Xinjiang), where the Qing army pursued him, and he fled to Borotala (in the area of Bole in Xinjiang), and soon fled to Russia......

Although Sheleng had an enmity with the Manchus, when the idea of returning to the East was born in Wu Baxi's heart, the news of Chen Han's army had not yet reached their ears, and Sheleng had always been a staunch supporter of Wu Baxi's 'decision to return to the East'.

It's hard to explain Shelen's state of mind at that time, perhaps the desire to go home had outweighed the fear of death at that moment.

Sheleng has a sentence that can very well show his intentions: life is also Tianshan, and death is also Tianshan. Even if I die, I will throw my head on the bank of the Ili River, next to the poplar tree, and in the hometown where I was born and raised. ”

But the heart of a politician cannot only look at his mouth. You have to understand the context of this statement.

Even when Worbassi himself had the intention of returning to the east, what kind of oppression did the Turks encounter. The Russians were nowhere near as good as they are now.

If it weren't for the frequent mobilization of generals in St. Petersburg, the repeated wars overwhelmed the Turkut Division, and Worbasil would not have had the idea of returning to the East. Even if it is difficult for Russian cultures to integrate, survival is the first priority for these nomadic tribes.

- Turgot's location is right between the Slavic Russian cultural sphere and the East Asian cultural sphere centered on China. There are some ways of thinking in the Russian cultural circle that are difficult for the Chinese cultural circle to accept, including strong rejection and prejudice against foreign nationalities and infidels, a strong sense of superiority and contempt for life, which the Turks bear the brunt. When these Orientals from the East Asian cultural circle finally could not stand the oppression of the Russians, a kind of cultural 'return' was also a hidden influence when they chose whether to return to their homeland.

Whether they are in the confines of a Russian-like culture, or if they return to their original cultural circle, perhaps they will unconsciously think that the East is the environment in which the Turks can get used to and are willing to live.

Although the customs of the Turkuts and other minorities were very different from the customs of the Central Plains, they were culturally closer to Russia under Catherine II.

And not to mention what such a character as Shelen thought in his heart, just say that now, Shelen is so excited that he can't sleep all night.

Bambal was the most loyal general under Worbasil, and he had a close blood relationship with Worbasil, both of whom were descendants of Ayuki, and Bambal was the brother of Worbasil, who controlled Worbasil's guards. But in contrast to the emotionally outgoing Sheleng, Bamubar is a reserved person. He supported Worbasey only because of his close blood relationship with Worbasil.

Of course, there are certain reasons for the fierce oppression faced by the Turks at the beginning.

If Russia had been able to treat Turghut as well as it is now, the original Wubasi would not have had the idea of 'returning to the East'. Of course, there is not a single person in the entire Turkut tribe who does not know what St. Petersburg treats the Turkuts for now.

If you want to get, you have to give.

Worbacy's face suddenly became very serious, and he couldn't find the slightest smile in it.

He said solemnly: "Next, we will go all out to fight." This battle will decide the fate of our tribe. If we are greedy for life and afraid of death, and if we are cheating and cheating, I don't think His Majesty the Emperor of China will set aside a large piece of land for us to build your own country. This is what every one of our people in the Turkut tribe does not want to see. "Even a 'khan king' like the Crimean Khan is stronger than a prince.

Wobasi's eyes sparkled, and his hand unconsciously touched his bosom, which was a letter written in Mongolian, a letter from Zhangjia III.

This letter was delivered to him at the beginning of the year, and in the letter Zhang Jia III told Wu Baxi with great certainty about the 'closure of the country'.

In the upcoming Russo-Turkish war, the second Sino-Russian war is an important part of it, and the Turks should play an irreplaceable role in this second major war between China and Russia. Emperor Zhangjia III encouraged Wobasi to seize the opportunity and make great contributions to the establishment of a country in the future.

Chen Ming's plan to build a 'separation wall' between Asia and Europe has been told to Worbassi, but the land is limited and the chassis is limited, so the number of places is also limited.

"On the orders of Ben Khan, the next battle was a battle that would affect the fate of the whole of Turgot. Everyone must work hard. ”

Now is not the moment to uncover the truth, in the ears of many, many Turk cavalrymen, Worbacy's words still mean that they try to kill the Chinese soldiers.

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"Boom, boom, boom......"

The sound of Barnaul's explosion can be heard far and wide, but on days when it is not windy and rainy, with Barnaul as the center, hot air balloons will inevitably rise. Therefore, some of the troops of the 11th Division led by Chen Wei, although they still could not completely drain the water around Barnaul, no one could run out of Barnaul City during the day.

As for the evening, then they will first break through the barbed wire fence laid by the Chinese outside the city. The devil knows where the Chinese got the barbed wire, on which are hung with tribulus terrestris and bells, and it is not easy to mix out at night when the lights are blind.

The explosion has been loud for several days. Three days ago, another Chinese reinforcement arrived in Barnaul, probably a regiment.

In the past few days, the explosion of Barnaul has never stopped, the 11th Division's attack during the day is not much, there are too many dead, and the drama cannot be done regardless of the cost, the price is not, and it is really lively at night.

How many people died, the Russians don't know how many people died. They couldn't go out of the city at dawn to see the results. I can only secretly yy in my heart!

And this in the eyes of the Russian-Turkish cavalry on the periphery, it was the Chinese army storming Barnaul.

It is a harbinger of heavy losses for the Chinese.

When the news was quickly delivered to Kamensky, he did not have time to wait for Rumyantsev's reaction in the First Army, so he quickly ordered his troops to advance towards Barnaul. For Kamensky, he would rather stop his troops and wait for an opportunity on the sidelines than that opportunity would have arisen and he could not arrive in time.

Saltykov led his Cossack cavalry and Tatar cavalry to take the lead, and the four or five thousand cavalry were made by them to make a posture of tens of thousands of people.

The vassal cavalry continued to be vigilant against the Russian cavalry, and the 11th Division stormed Barnaul, and the information that they suffered heavy casualties was false, but the reinforcements of that regiment were true, and now the Wehrmacht under the city of Barnaul was 18,000 men. And that's not counting Barnaulnan's hidden brigade of cavalry!

In any case, the Wehrmacht's cavalry units were rapidly decreasing, and because of the lack of smooth communication and the inability to cross Barnaul to reconnoiter south on a large scale, Kamensky took it for granted that the Chinese had transferred the cavalry that had been placed in Barnaul on a large scale.

It is normal to understand this way, Barnaul is the closest city to Novokuznetsk, and the Cossack cavalry has really found traces of a large cavalry advancing in a southeasterly direction.

In Kamensky's eyes, this cavalry was obviously the previous Chinese vassal cavalry, and they walked diagonally to the southeast, that is, to cut off the retreat of the Siberian army. That's a logical explanation.

The main thing is that the explosions in the city of Barnaul at night are too intense. One has to believe that the Wehrmacht is attacking Barnaul. Unfortunately, the Cossack cavalry could not reach the Barnaul at all.

The four six-barreled rocket launchers were unwittingly pushed to a distance of only 300 meters from the Russian positions outside Barnaul, and they were pushed by the soldiers of the artillery crew along the trenches to the predetermined positions, and then heavy rockets were stuffed into the barrels.

Four six-barrel rocket launchers can launch 24 heavy rockets at one time, and it is conceivable what the Russian army and fortifications on the surface of Barnaul will be bombed into.

Hearing the howling, Onopko immediately fell to the ground, and within a few seconds suddenly there was a violent tremor on the ground, followed by a thunderous explosion in the air. It took him a long time to raise his head, and he found that a column of gunsmoke and smoke came out of the granite fortress outside the city and the position outside the city about a hundred meters away from him, and the red clouds rolling in the black could be seen clearly even at night, more than ten meters high.

"Thankfully, it's not over our heads." Honorco patted the dust on his body and lamented that the bomb was still far away from him.

The Chinese had sufficient military reserves, and every day and night, they had to fire at least a hundred rockets at Barnaul before they would stop.

Russia, of course, will fight back, but that is all based on the Chinese attack.

Onopko, a Ukrainian who fought in the Fifth Russo-Turkish War and is now a lieutenant colonel, has certainly seen the big scene. Attacked the fortress and defended the fortress.

But now this is the first time he has the energy to fight.

The rockets frequently used by China and Russia in combat are very powerful, and even a Type A rocket with a charge of just over 20 catties can blow up a killing range of 20 or 30 meters. This was already a devastating blow in the eyes of Onopko.

How many times did Anopko stay up all night, thinking that he would no longer know how to fight. With rockets, which are a weapon of mass destruction, the past platoon shooting has become a completely outdated tactic, and what country would dare to put its carefully trained elite on the ground and let the rockets bombard.

If the 'platoon shoot' queue is not tight, it is not a queue, and the private line must be neat and tight, so as to highlight the advantages of the smoothbore gun.

But if the soldiers are lined up and slowly marched forward, now it is looking for death.

There is no need for super-heavy rockets, even a medium-sized rocket can serve half a company, this tactic has become a thing of the past overnight, and new tactics have not yet been born.

Now the battles that are taking place in the Caucasus, both Ottomans and Russia are learning from the Chinese. Learn from the Chinese kind of completely unpaid queue, skirmish-style charge hand-to-hand combat.

It's not technical, is it? But what if you don't? Can the cannon play a bigger role in terms of its current performance?

Anyway, Olnopko doesn't 'know' to fight.

Twenty-four heavy rockets fell inexorably on the outskirts of Barnaul and the towering fortress, which was very strong, and the whole body was made of large blocks of granite, and I don't know how thick, but it was harder than cement and bamboo bars anyway.

With the current power of the rocket, it can't be blown through, and it seems that it can't be shocked. Therefore, if the 11th Division wants to pull out those fortresses outside the city, it can only use artillery to shoot solid bullets but a little bit of 'gnawing'.

A layer of exploding thunderclouds rose from the ground, and the shock wave swept in his face like a gale, causing Onopko to involuntarily crouch down. After a while, he raised his head again, and then slipped up the crippled city without fear of death, and experience told him that the Chinese would no longer throw rockets at the same place. Onopko hid behind the bunker, only to see that there were still sporadic fires burning in the position outside the city more than 100 meters away from him, and he didn't know what it had been blown up.

The two companies that were there tonight do not know how many they will be able to withdraw tomorrow.

In fact, Barnaul is pretty tattered now. Trees fall and walls overturn, houses are destroyed, and people die. Rockets can't hit the city, but the Chinese have heavy artillery. The city was littered with dead and wounded, and it was in shambles.